Erica Jong Quotes
Each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person's.
Quotes to Explore
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It feels as if I never get my just due.
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The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them.
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.
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A squirrel attacked me. I got attacked by a squirrel in Battersea Park. They're dangerous. It's rare. I've torn most of the ligaments in my knee. So no football for me. It's early retirement now. I've got a floating knee-cap!
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I feel I am a little bit older. Reckon I will start growing a beard next week.
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To know what you want, to understand why you're doing it, to dedicate every breath in your body to achieve... If you feel you have something to give, if you feel that your particular talent is worth developing, is worth caring for then there's nothing you can`t achieve.
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At this point of my life, I'm 32 and I feel sexier than ever because you know what you want.
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Sometimes, especially in the last six months, I still feel like going to the window and singing out all my troubles.
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I wouldn't feel right wearing clothes covering my body.
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I can tell you that I am not self-destructive. I'm not a person who wants to die. I'm a person who has life, who wants to live. And I always have. And I wouldn't mistake it for anything else other than that.
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You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It's exhilarating.
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The animated bug has bitten pop culture. It makes me feel happy and free. When you don't act seriously, you can make up your own rules.
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If I don't feel right about what I'm in, I don't feel right about anything.
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I'm just not used to talking that much about myself. It feels strange.
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Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.
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One person is as good as another in New England, and better, too.
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A person will not buy from you until he is convinced that you are a friend and are acting in his best interest. You must make this clear.
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There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.
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Courage is doing something despite the fear, and I've worked hard on being a courageous person.
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Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.
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It would be a horrible mistake for black people to say, as some have said, "We don't recognize him..." If you refuse to deal with him (Bush), the resources at his disposal will be given to others.
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War is then not a relationship between one man and another, but a relationship between one State and another, in which individuals are enemies only by accident, not as men, nor even as citizens, but as soldiers; not as members of the fatherland, but as its defenders. Finally, any State can only have other States, and not men, as enemies, inasmuch as it is impossible to fix a true relation between things of different natures.
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As you open yourself to living at your edge, your deepest purpose will slowly begin to make itself known. In the meantime, you will experience layer after layer of purposes, each one getting closer and closer to the fullness of your deepest purpose. It is as if your deepest purpose is at the center of your being, and it is surrounded by layers of concentric circles, each circle being a lesser purpose. Your life consists of penetrating each circle, from the outside toward the center.
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Each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person's.
